Selected Accomplishments
Carlos Cantu, III, Ph.D. and Cristina Materon, Ph.D. identified regions of B-lactamase that affect antibiotic resistance.
Alaina James, M.D., Ph.D. identified effects of mutations in the androgen receptor from prostate tumors.
Richard King, M.D., Ph.D. developed a computer model to explain spacing of neurotransmitter release sites.
Francisco Naya, Ph.D. cloned a factor regulating the insulin gene and produced a transgenic mouse model of diabetes.
Ramiro Ramirez-Solis, Ph.D. produced the first line of embryonic stem cell derived transgenic mice at BCM.
Nancy Urizar's Science paper defining the mechanism by which a natural product, gugglesterone, lowered cholesterol was featured in hundreds of television, radio, magazine, newspaper and website communications worldwide - even CNN.